PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Pniak, Karol
Date of birth: January 26th, 1910 (Jaworzno/Voivodeship of Cracow, Austrian Empire)
Date of death:  November 10th, 1980
Nationality:  Polish
     
ORDER VIRTUTI MILITARI SILVER CROSS
Awarded on: February 1st, 1941
 
     
KRZYZ WALECZNYCH
Awarded on: April 1st, 1941
 
     
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (DFC)
Awarded on: June 1st, 1942
 
     
KRZYZ WALECZNYCH
Awarded on: 1944
 
     
KRZYZ WALECZNYCH
Awarded on: 1944
 
     
KRZYZ WALECZNYCH
Awarded on: 1946
 
     
VLIEGERKRUIS (VK)
Rank: Squadron Leider (Squadron Leader, R.A.F.V.R.)
Unit: R.A.F.V.R.
Awarded on: October 31st, 1946
Details: Royal Decree no.24
 
     
KRZYZ ZASLUGI IN SILVER
 
     
KRZYZ KAMPANII WRZESNIOWEJ 1939
 
     
MEDAL ZA UDZIAL W WOJNIE OBRONNEJ 1939
 
     
MEDAL ZWYCIESTWA I WOLNOSCI 1945
 
     
1939-1945 STAR
Details: With "BATTLE OF BRITAIN" clasp.
 
     
AIR CREW EUROPE STAR
Details: With "FRANCE AND GERMANY" clasp.
 
     
AFRICA STAR
Details: With "NORTH AFRICA 1942-43" clasp.
 
     
DEFENCE MEDAL 1939-1945
 
     
WAR MEDAL 1939-1945
 
     
CROIX DU COMBATTANT
 
     
PILOT WING (IN RAF)
 
     
RECONNAISSANCE DE LA FRANCE LIBÉRÉE
 
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Information source(s):   - Shores Ch., Aces High - A tribute to the most notable fighter pilots of the British and Commonwealth Air Force in WWII
- The Dutch Medals Page
- Dix Noonan Webb
- Ciel de Gloire
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